# NTSB MIA87LA121: Cessna 310L, N3304X, Venice, FL, March 28, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 28, 1987, 09:10 local (14:10 UTC)
- Place: Venice, FL
- Location: 27.0713° N, 82.4400° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VENICE MUNI (VNC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0713&lon=-82.4400&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31884
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA121
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31884/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA121

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - raising of flaps - not performed, pilot in command
  - gear retraction - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not possible, pilot in command
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - runway light

## Analysis

THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING THE LANDING ROLL AFTER THE PLT INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR INSTEAD OF THE FLAPS.  THE PILOT LEFT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT AND HIS IDENTITY IS UNKNOWN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3304X](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3304X), registered now, S/N 310L-0154, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310L
- Registry model: [Cessna 310L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310l) (registry code 2074230) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310L-0154
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-V 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Unknown
- Registered owner: Dick Schuster
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: VRO, VERO BEACH, FL
- Airport: VNC, Venice Municipal, runway 13, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; medical: unknown, unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,300 ft broken
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FMY, 44 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870328007639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870328007639A), Mar 28, 1987: Cessna 310L, Venice, FL, Substantial damage. The pilot inadvertently retracted the landing gear on rollout. The pilot left the scene and was not identified.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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